“Here?”

“Why, yes. Don’t you remember?”

Carman’s right eye wore a puzzled look.

“Don’t you remember?”

“Well, you’ve got me,” said Carman, with a little laugh of apology.

“Why, I understood,” Marley went on, “that in the event of your election I was to have a position here.”

“What as?”

“Why—as chief deputy.”

That right eye of Carman’s was fixed on him questioningly.

“Chief deputy?” he said finally. “Here—in my office?”